Financial Times

Fillon tries to restart campaign after claims over wife’s ‘fake job’

by Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Financial Times

January 30, 2017 | 1:55 pm

François Fillon tried to reboot his French presidential campaign yesterday, taking aim at rivals and outlining a radical economic platform as he sought to overcome allegations that he misused public funds. Speaking in front of more than 13,000 supporters in Paris, the Republican party nominee and election frontrunner rejected claims surrounding his wife, Penelope…